Financial Services AI Compliance

AI in banking, wealth management, and investment — audited against MiFID II, SR 11-7, and the EU AI Act

Traditional financial services firms face a layered compliance stack. The EU AI Act does not replace MiFID II — it sits on top of it. Both require explainability. Neither offers a model-complexity exemption.

€35M+
EU AI Act fines issued across financial-services AI deployments in 2025–2026
Cumulative EU enforcement
MiFID II
Algorithmic and AI-assisted trading must be fully auditable — no complexity exemption exists
EU conduct obligation
Aug 2026
High-risk AI system obligations take full effect — financial AI is directly in scope
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What we audit

AI systems in scope for Finance

Every system below is covered in a standard iDharma engagement. Complex or multi-system deployments are scoped on request.

AI-assisted investment advice

Suitability algorithms and robo-advisory models — MiFID II conduct requirements, client explanation rights, and EU AI Act conformity.

Algorithmic trading systems

Audit trail completeness, decision reconstruction, circuit-breaker documentation, and MiFID II Article 17 compliance.

Banking credit and risk models

Credit risk, PD/LGD models, and early-warning systems — SR 11-7 alignment and EU AI Act high-risk obligations.

Retail banking AI

Customer segmentation, churn prediction, and product-recommendation models — fair treatment, data governance, and transparency obligations.

Regulatory frameworks

What we audit against

Every iDharma Finance engagement maps simultaneously against the frameworks below — producing one gap register, not three separate reports.

EU AI Act — Annex III (High-Risk)

Financial services AI making or influencing creditworthiness, insurance, and investment-suitability decisions is classified high-risk. Conformity assessment required before deployment.

MiFID II — Article 17

Algorithmic trading firms must have effective systems and risk controls. Every algorithmic decision must be fully auditable and reconstructable.

SR 11-7 Model Risk Management

US bank regulators confirm this guidance applies to machine-learning models. Independent validation, conceptual soundness review, and performance monitoring are baseline expectations.

Our methodology

How an iDharma audit works in Finance

We do not accept vendor documentation as evidence. We do not produce checkbox compliance reports. Every audit produces a named auditor, a cited methodology, and a straight answer on exactly where your AI stands — and what to fix first.

See how we work →
1

We run a single unified audit against SR 11-7, EU AI Act Annex III, and MiFID II — not three separate workstreams.

2

We produce one technical documentation package that satisfies both SR 11-7 validation requirements and EU AI Act technical file requirements.

3

We independently verify accuracy claims by requesting test data, evaluation methodology, and ground truth construction — not just accepting vendor reports.

4

Our gap register is ordered by legal priority across all three frameworks simultaneously, so your remediation effort addresses the highest-exposure items first.

Operating AI in banking or investment management?

The free Risk Snapshot identifies which obligations apply to your specific deployment and where your highest-priority gaps are.